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Opera Australia treads brutal Boulevard to a $10m loss

A production of the musical Sunset Boulevard helped drag Opera Australia's finances to an operating deficit of $10.6 million in 2024.

Three-storey property in Walthamstow on sale for £150,000 (but it's only 6ft wide)

Three-storey property in Walthamstow on sale for £150,000 (but it's only 6ft wide)

Former tenant used to live on narrowboat and says: ‘It’s weirdly spacious in there’

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What’s behind the spate of arts leadership departures in Australia? Perhaps a mismatch of values

What’s behind the spate of arts leadership departures in Australia? Perhaps a mismatch of values

The past few months has seen the sudden departure of leadership from some of the country’s most prestigious artistic companies: the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Queensland Ballet, Queensland Theatre, Opera Australia and the Adelaide Festival.

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Opera Aust's awkward 2025 launch after Jo Davies' exit

Just weeks after the unexpected exit of artistic director Jo Davies, Opera Australia is spruiking the 2025 program she created.

Opera Australia artistic director Jo Davies quits nine months into the job due to ‘differences of opinion’

Guardian Australia understands there were disagreements between Davies and the OA board, including over using overseas talent in shows

The Guardian - AU

Opera artistic director quits, nine months into the job

Opera Australia artistic director Jo Davies has quit, effective immediately, midway through her inaugural season with the national company.

New era for national opera with Jo Davies' first slate

An acclaimed production of Hamlet is the centrepiece of Opera Australia's first season under the new British artistic director Jo Davies.

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‘Public enemy number one’: on the hunt with Queensland’s volunteer cane toad busters

A competition to deplete the invasive, warty amphibian has attracted plenty of contestants – who take it deadly seriously

The Guardian - AU

Jo Davies set to become Opera Australia’s first female artistic director

Jo Davies set to become Opera Australia’s first female artistic director

British director Jo Davies has bold plans for the nation’s biggest performing arts company, which has been mired in gender inequity issues and bullying allegations in recent years.

The week in classical: The Yeomen of the Guard; Alcina – music under siege

The week in classical: The Yeomen of the Guard; Alcina – music under siege

ENO stands firm amid extreme funding cuts with a Gilbert and Sullivan staging full of vim and vigour, while animal magic ripples through Richard Jones’s new Alcina

The Guardian - UK

The Yeomen of the Guard review – tonal uncertainties but G&S update has plenty to enjoy

The Yeomen of the Guard review – tonal uncertainties but G&S update has plenty to enjoy

Jo Davies’ 1950-set staging of the late G&S opera may not fully cohere but musically we’re in excellent hands and Richard McCabe’s is a moving – and sweatily desperate – Jack Point

The Guardian - UK

The Yeomen of the Guard - ENO at the Coliseum review: only intermittently successful

The Yeomen of the Guard - ENO at the Coliseum review: only intermittently successful

If anything, the show could be more irreverent, more boisterous

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